Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA

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Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA
Beaver Free Library Montour Co PA.jpg
Beaver Free Library, October 2011
Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA is located in Pennsylvania
Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA
LocationE. Market and Ferry Sts., Danville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°57′36″N 76°36′23″W / 40.96000°N 76.60639°W / 40.96000; -76.60639Coordinates: 40°57′36″N 76°36′23″W / 40.96000°N 76.60639°W / 40.96000; -76.60639
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1886
Built byVoris, Archibald
ArchitectWetzel, Charles
Architectural styleSecond Empire, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.86003578[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 15, 1987

Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA is a historic library and YMCA located at Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania. The two attached buildings were built in 1886. They are 2+12-story, sandstone buildings with slate roofs in a combined Queen Anne / Second Empire style. The buildings feature an octagonal cupola, corbelled stone chimneys, a hipped roof tower, and terra cotta ornament.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Douglas McMinn and Greg Ramsey (December 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Thomas Beaver Free Library and Danville YMCA" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-27.


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